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Capitalism

Capitalism is a political system characterized by private for-profit ownership of property and goods.

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Free enterprise or capitalism exists insofar as?

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Free enterprise exists regardless of the risks involved for the business people so long as they can make a profit. Capitalism is a dream of the very wealthy to fore go any responsibility in relation to the place that they occupy in society and be able to accrue wealth without necessarily putting any thing back into society.

How is socialism similar capitalism?

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government control of business

Can capitalism and communism co-exist?

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for the short term yes, communist states can exist with capitalist states, possibly for hundred of years, however if marx is right someday the revolution will be worldwide and capitalism will cease to be the domanate mode of prodution, when that day comes those is unknown and is likly hundreds of years in the future. right know humanities most pressing issue is to stope climate change from becoming out of controll.

What are factors for transition from feudalism to capitalism?

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Some would say the Industrial Revolution came between the two and formed the transition.

Another view is that mercantilism, which arose during the later half of the Middle Ages, and is exemplified by the activities of the Hanseatic League, and the banking system that arose after the disbanding of the Knights Templar, gave rise to a system sufficiently like capitalism to go by that name.

How did communists and socialists feel about capitalism?

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It is a matter of Communists disliking the capitalist system, not individual capitalists. Capitalism involves exploitation, inequality and poverty; it is also unnecessary, as a society based on common ownership and production for use could produce more than enough for everyone.

Was FDR trying to save Capitalism?

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He pursued o policy of active gov't intervention in the economy, called the New Deal. It included an increased program of public works. The Works Progress Administration (WPA), established in 1935, was a gov't organization employing about 3 million people at its highest. Workers built bridges, roads, post offices, and airports.

Roosevelt also created a U.S. welfare system. it gave old-age pensions and unemployment insurance.

Is Romania socialist or capitalist?

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capitalism: wages, production for sale, class ownership of the means of production

What is the difference between pure capitalism and modified capitalism?

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Free-market capitalism is based on free markets, private ownership of the means of production, and limited regulations and some government provided goods and services.

Mixed capitalism has more heavily regulated markets, mainly private ownership of the means of production but also features a greater role for state-owned enterprises, and usually has economic intervention in markets to correct market failures.

Both are similar in that they are both based on the process of capital accumulation, both systems attempt to maximize private profits, and both are mainly privately-owned.

How does capitalism affect the lives of people?

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In some ways, it can help individuals. You know there is no government to help nor hinder you, so you understand well that you will either sink or swim. You know that if you want anything in life, you will have to work hard and make it happen. You would be able to call nearly all the shots with your own money. If you become one of the strong ones, you can make it.

However, there are downsides. Not everyone can compete in a capitalist world. Because of handicaps and discrimination, not everyone would have the same chances of getting ahead. So a system designed to make everyone strong as individuals may actually make some weaker. As a result, those who cannot compete in a capitalist world may turn to crime or otherwise take from others.

What are the advantages and disavantages of capitalism?

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not sure need help too.

What are the traits of capitalism market system?

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The traits would be that of property ownership, free enterprise, market mechanism and limited government role.

Who started capitalism?

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== == Capitalism has, and has had, many supporters and had no founder because it developed gradually and naturally as the feudal arrangements of the Middle Ages gave way. You may be thinking though of Adam Smith whose book, "The Wealth of Nations", published in 1776, gave the first and most important analysis of the principles on which it is based. Economists still study it to this day.

Why were joint stock companies important to capitalism?

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They allowed investors to take fewer risks.

What economic practices that existed under manorialism would not exist under capitalism?

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Answer choices would be helpful here.

However, the general difference between mercantilism and capitalism is that mercantilism is more restrictive than capitalism. Mercantilism is the economic policy that a metropole should have a number of colonies that provide it material wealth, unrefined resources, and a market for its goods. As a result, according to mercantilism, the colonies were required to engage in two general behaviors: (1) The colonies were locked into exclusive trade between the colonies and the metropole and were not allowed to trade with any other nation or colony. (2) No manufactures or complex goods could be made in the colonial territory. As a result the colonies would provide wealth to the metropole by trading their natural resources for less than they would be worth and by buying manufactures for much more money.

As a result, entrepreneurial colonists that wanted to make manufactures or to trade with other parties engaged in smuggling. This kind of smuggling disappears significantly when trade restrictions are lifted.

What phrases describe capitalism?

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companies compete for profits. just finished my quiz on apex. :)

How does capitalism affect the US?

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Well firstly the government might spend a lot of money trying to help the people get what they need. So then the companies might charge the people of thecountrya much higher amount than they usually get. The company owners just want money. They do what they do just to make profit.

I hope this helped I am not sure about this myself :)

What is the characteristic of both democracy and capitalism?

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That is a good question. Considerable individual choice is one characteristic that both share. In a democratic society the citizen is encouraged to participate (or at least he should be encouraged) and Capitalism is free-ranging and multi-optional with opportunities you can create for yourself.

Democracy and Capitalism are not either/or. But they are not the same thing either. Opportunities in democracy and opportunities in Capitalism should be encouraged in both if both are to succeed.

What does Max Weber mean by the spirit of capitalism?

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Max Weber defines "spirit of capitalism" as the ideas and esprit that favor the rational pursuit of economic gain.

How did the new deal weaken or strengthen the US capitalism?

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To what extend did the new deal strengthen or weaken the usa capitalism?

What is one of the greatest concerns associated with capitalism?

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I think one of the greatest concern associated with capitalism is the ownership of private ownership because without the element of private ownership you can't think aboout this concept.

What are not key ideas of capitalism?

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All companies should distribute their profits evenly throughout the population.


The means of production should be owned by the state.

all companies should distribute their profits evenly throughout the population

The government should guarantee a basic standard of living for everyone.
The means of production should be owned by the state
The means of production should be owned by the state
All companies should distribute their profits evenly throughout the population.
The Government should guarantee a basic standard of living for everyone(apex)